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Mazars Announced As Headline Sponsor of International Opera Awards 2021 MAZARS ANNOUNCED AS HEADLINE SPONSOR OF INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS 2021 2021 International Opera Awards sponsored by Mazars In association with: The Nexus Group Founding Media Partner: Opera Magazine • Mazars announces 4th year as headline sponsor and category sponsor of Young Singer award • 2020 winners to be revealed in virtual event on Monday May 10 • Exclusive performances from stars of the opera world • Event will raise funds for Artist Hardship Fund #OperaAwards2021 [Monday 12th April 2021] The International Opera Awards is delighted to announce the international audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars as headline sponsor of the 2021 awards, marking the company’s fourth year as headline sponsor of the event. Taking place as an online event on Monday 10 May, after the planned 2020 live ceremony was forced off stage by the coronavirus pandemic, the virtual event will see the long-awaited announcement of the 2020 winners, as well as paying tribute to the resilience of the opera industry during the past year. The event will be streamed to ticketholders worldwide from 6.30pm GMT on Monday 10 May and available on demand afterwards for a month. In addition to acting as headline sponsor of the event, Mazars also continues as category sponsor of the Young Singer of the Year award, whose ten international finalists hail from seven different countries. Past winners of the Mazars Young Singer of the Year award include Louise Alder, Wallis Giunta, and Marina Viotti. Hosted by BBC Radio 3’s Petroc Trelawny, the virtual gala will feature exclusive performances from winners and other famous names. The evening will also raise funds for the Opera Awards Foundation Artist Hardship Fund, established last year to provide emergency grants for young artists affected by the pandemic. Harry Hyman, founder of the Awards, said: As we navigate the post-covid landscape and adapt to an online format, we are particularly grateful to Mazars for their loyalty and continued support, which is testament to their vision and commitment to the arts. Since 2017, the partnership between Mazars and the Awards has been a rewarding and valued one, and we are delighted to welcome them back – virtually this time – for a fourth time as Headline Sponsor. David Herbinet, Mazars' Head of Audit, said: “Mazars is proud to be sponsoring the International Opera Awards in 2021, continuing our support to the Opera Awards Foundation and the recently created Artist Hardship Fund, after what has been an incredibly challenging time for operatic artists and the Arts as a whole. We look forward to celebrating the sheer talent and resilience of all the nominees. As a truly international business that is committed to nurturing and supporting young talent within our business, we are excited to be sponsoring the Young Singer category – which showcases the inspirational and international journeys of up-and-coming artists. Very best of luck to all the nominees.” The Awards, founded by philanthropist Harry Hyman in 2012, aim to raise the profile of opera as an art form, to recognise and reward success in opera and to generate funds to provide bursaries for aspiring operatic talent from around the world. Since 2012 over £400,000 has been raised by the Opera Awards Foundation, going to more than 100 bursary recipients. In 2020, the Foundation established an Artist Hardship Fund, providing emergency grants to previous bursary recipients facing financial hardship due to the pandemic. In 2021 the Fund aims to re-open grant applications more broadly to other young and emerging artists affected by the crisis. www.operaawards.org #OperaAwards2021 Booking for the virtual Gala Event on 10 May is now open, with tickets priced from just £10. To book visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/142505751539 A selection of photos of this year’s finalists can be downloaded here. A selection of photos from the 2019 International Opera Awards can be downloaded here. Watch highlights from the 2019 International Opera Awards here. For further press enquiries please contact Sarah Noble at the International Opera Awards: [email protected] | 07502 981174 2020 FINALISTS CHORUS Deutsche Oper, Berlin Metropolitan Opera Opera Vlaanderen Royal Danish Opera Welsh National Opera Teatro Verdi, Trieste CONDUCTOR Alain Altinoglu Riccardo Frizza Edward Gardner Oksana Lyniv Joana Mallwitz Kirill Petrenko DESIGNER Lizzie Clachan Aleksandar Denić Alban Ho Van Christian Schmidt Małgorzata Szczęśniak Raimund Orfeo Voigt DIRECTOR Valentina Carrasco Robert Carsen Paul Curran Lotte De Beer Lydia Steier Graham Vick EDUCATION & OUTREACH Birmingham Opera Company Blackheath Halls Community Opera Deutsche Oper am Rhein La Fenice Opera North Theater an der Wien FEMALE SINGER Maria Agresta Lise Davidsen Christine Goerke Kate Lindsey Lisette Oropesa Elza van den Heever FESTIVAL Donizetti Opera Festival, Bergamo Festival Castell de Peralada George Enescu Festival, Bucharest Macerata Opera Festival O19 (Opera Philadelphia) Salzburg Festival MALE SINGER Carlos Álvarez Javier Camarena Stephen Gould René Pape George Petean Russell Thomas NEWCOMER Andrea Bernard (director) Alpesh Chauhan (conductor) Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor) Marie Jacquot (conductor) Louisa Muller (director) Dariusz Przybylski (composer) NEW PRODUCTION Handel: Agrippina, d. Barrie Kosky (Bayerische Staatsoper / Royal Opera House) Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, d. Dmitri Tcherniakov (La Monnaie/De Munt) Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame, d. Lydia Steier (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress, d. Andriy Zholdak (Opéra de Lyon) Wagner: Tannhäuser, d. Tobias Kratzer (Bayreuth Festival) Wolf-Ferrari/Tchaikovsky: ll segreto di Susanna / Iolanta, d. John Wilkie / Olivia Fuchs (Opera Holland Park) OPERA COMPANY Finnish National Opera La Monnaie/De Munt Oper Frankfurt Opéra Comique Royal Opera House Teatro Real OPERA ORCHESTRA Bayerische Staatsoper La Fenice Le Concert d’Astrée Oper Leipzig/Gewandhausorchester Opera Vlaanderen Teatro Real RECORDING (COMPLETE OPERA) Beethoven: Leonore (Harmonia Mundi) Gounod: Faust (Palazzetto Bru Zane) Moniuszko: Halka (Fryderyk Chopin Institute) Picker: Fantastic Mr Fox (Boston Modern Orchestra Project) Thomas: Hamlet (Naxos) Weill: Street Scene (Bel Air Classiques) RECORDING (SOLO RECITAL) Benjamin Bernheim: Benjamin Bernheim (Deutsche Grammophon) Daniel Behle: Zero to Hero: Mozart (Sony) Emöke Baráth: Voglio cantar (Erato) Jakub Józef Orliński: Facce d’amore (Erato) Julie Fuchs: Mademoiselle (Deutsche Grammophon) Reinoud Van Mechelen: Dumesny: Haut-contre de Lully (Alpha) REDISCOVERED WORK Gomes: Lo schiavo (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari) Heise: Drot og marsk (Royal Danish Opera) Lully: Isis (Les Talens Lyriques) Magnard: Guercoeur (Theater Osnabrück) Moniuszko: Paria (Poznań Opera House) Paer: Agnese (Teatro Regio di Torino) Sacrati: La finta pazza (Opéra de Dijon) Storace: Gli sposi malcontenti (Bampton Classical Opera) WORLD PREMIERE García-Tomás: Je suis narcissiste (Teatro Real) Glanert: Oceane (Deutsche Oper) Kats-Chernin: Whiteley (Opera Australia) MacRae: Anthropocene (Scottish Opera) Nishimura: Asters (New National Theatre Tokyo) Reid: p r i s m (Beth Morrison Projects) Schreier: Schade, dass sie eine Hure war (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) Venables: Denis & Katya (Opera Philadelphia) YOUNG SINGER sponsored by Mazars Xabier Anduaga Lena Belkina Vasilisa Berzhanskaya Lidia Fridman Teresa Iervolino Konu Kim Roberta Mantegna Zuzana Marková Chrystal E Williams Adela Zaharia OPERA MAGAZINE READERS’ AWARD Ildar Abdrazakov Cecilia Bartoli Jamie Barton Elīna Garanča Jonas Kaufmann Karita Mattila Anna Netrebko Erwin Schrott Michael Spyres Bryn Terfel 2020 JURY David Agler Michael Ajzenstadt Shirley Apthorp Xavier Cester James Clutton Cosma Mihai Serge Dorny Umberto Fanni Irina Gerasimova Jane Glover Polly Graham George Hall Brenda Hurley Deborah Jones François Jongen Robert Körner Julia Lagahuzère Aleksander Laskowski Joanna Lee George Loomis Max Loppert Fiona Maddocks Njabulo Madlala Joan Matabosch Erna Metdepenninghen Christoph Meyer Barbara Minghetti Evans Mirageas Annilese Miskimmon Alexander Neef Eleonora Pacetti Nicholas Payne Anna Picard Christina Scheppelmann Valery Serkin Matthew Shilvock Ken Smith Victoria Stapells Birgitta Svenden James Taylor Lyndon Terracini Thomas Yaksic Junko Yoshida Francesca Zambello NOTES TO EDITORS MAZARS About Mazars Mazars is a leading international audit, tax and advisory firm, aspiring to build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world. Operating as a united partnership, Mazars works as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit and accounting, as well as tax, financial advisory, consulting and legal services. Founded in Europe, Mazars is present in over 90 countries and territories, with over 40,400 professionals – 24,400 in our integrated partnership, 16,000 via the Mazars North American Alliance – dedicated to helping clients make the most of business opportunities and operate with confidence. In the UK, Mazars has 130 partners and 2,250 staff serving clients from 16 offices nationwide and is ranked one of the top 10 firms nationally. https://www.mazars.co.uk/ NEXUS The Nexus Group has a wealth of knowledge and experience in both the health and education sectors and has an exemplary track record as external advisor to Primary Health Properties PLC, a UK Real Estate Investment Trust and the leading investor in modern primary healthcare premises. The Group also encompasses Investor Publishing,
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